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Minor note....Vassar was in his first recruiting class, with Scottie, Vic and Bryant. Ash was in Class #2. Class #1 was pretty successful in terms of production on the court, the best of his 4 to date. Hopefully Class #5 will top it.

I wasn't trying to indicate both were in the same class. Just that both were relatively early in Collns time here and in his first couple recruiting classes. He is still learning to put together an overall plan that focuses on how parts fit together. Most new HC's get their first HC gigs at lower levels so that when they get their first P5/6 gigs they have already dealt with this type issue. They only get to the power conferences after they have learned from mistakes at lower levels and If they are successful, they get opportunities at the next level. But CCC started at the the top and has to learn at this level, I think CCC will get there but he will still have some ups and downs as he learns what he needs to build a program.

One could argue that while he has recruited a couple guys that have not worked out. he has also been successful at getting guys that might not be contributors to move out of the program fairly quickly. Is it a more palatable version of Creaning? First Vassar and now Brown and RAP. Got to feel for the guys, esp RAP who had to deal with those injuries

 

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According to his multi-part article, Reggie Hearn came to NU to study Psychology. His academic bona fides were real and his interest was the curriculum, not sports.

He then got on campus and coaches and players saw him -- and others -- playing pick up and invited him to try out. He wrote that he was in horrible shape and struggled with the tryout. I recall there was one other player who was a contender to walk on and Reggie was a bit surprised when he got the nod. He was then late for the first couple of morning practices because of an alarm clock issue and Carmody gently pulled him aside and asked what was going on. The exchange as Hearn wrote it displayed the humanity that Carmody possessed and the Wilsonian manner in which he treated the players as adults.

So BC got lucky.